The Fractional Quantum Hall Effect

Composite Fermions

Carbon Nanotubes

Quantum Dots

Quantum Computing

Optical Lattices

Selected Publications:

1. Dispersion of the Excitations of Fractional Quantum Hall States,
   I. V. Kukushkin, J. H. Smet, V. W. Scarola, V. Umansky, and K. von Klitzing,
   Science 324 , 1044 (2009). [ Science Magazine ]
2. Quantum Phases of the Extended Bose-Hubbard Hamiltonian:
   The Possibility of a Supersolid State of Cold Atoms in Optical Lattices,
   V. W. Scarola and S. Das Sarma,
   Phys. Rev. Lett . 95, 033003 (2005).
   [cond-mat/0503378 ,pdf ]
3. Cooper Instability of Composite Fermions,
   V. W. Scarola, K. Park, and J.K. Jain,
   Nature. 406, 863 (2000).
   [cond-mat/0012030 ,pdf ]